All for Love; or, The World Well Lost vs Cleopatra: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Cleopatra, Romans, History

Cover of All for Love; or, The World Well Lost

All for Love; or, The World Well Lost John Dryden · 1678 ★★★★☆ 3.8 95 pages · ≈ 1 h 46 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Cleopatra

Cleopatra H. Rider Haggard · 1881 ★★★★☆ 3.9 278 pages · ≈ 5 h 09 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
All for Love; or, The World Well Lost is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Cleopatra.
Cleopatra is the easier read (Challenging), All for Love; or, The World Well Lost more demanding (Demanding).

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